Star Wars Fan Artist Criticized for Drawing ‘Busty’ Rey, Doubles Down in Response

Spencer Baculi |

Oct 31, 2019

After a Star Wars fan-artist was attacked and insulted for drawing a ‘sexy’ version of Rey, the artist received an outpouring of support from fans of artistic freedom and doubled-down on his drawing by producing a sequel to the original image.

On October 23^rd, artist devilhs, whose work regularly features ‘sexy’ depictions of fictional characters, took to his Twitter account to share his latest piece of fan-art, which featured a particularly well-endowed, hooded-Rey wielding a dual-bladed lightsaber:

I love Rey’s hood but she never wears it for some reason.#StarWars #StarWarsTheRiseOfSkywalker #Rey pic.twitter.com/6zeYB39YuY

— devilhs (@mr_devilhs) October 23, 2019

As devilhs’ work began to be shared across social media and gain popularity, it quickly caught the attention of outraged activists who descended upon devilhs’ artwork to take issue with the more sexualized depiction of Rey and sought to ‘criticze’ devilhs by leveling misandrist insults towards him and accusing him of being sexist towards women:

This is the worst thing I have seen today why do some people have to sexualize everything

— 𝓘𝓼𝓱𝓲𝓴𝓪 ✨ (@ilovestxries) October 25, 2019

I hate men so god fucking damn much y’all are a fucking disease https://t.co/TD3wpZ1dTI

— 🕸spooky kushina’s footstool🕸 (@fieryharuno) October 25, 2019

this is why men are not allowed to have rights https://t.co/tNrtUXdLvH

— Wayward Anarchist Snake🐍 (@marylilyas) October 25, 2019

Wow, the sexism jumped out

— jake hates lowlife impersonators (@itisjake3000) October 25, 2019

absolutely disgusting, please be better

— meg 🦇 (@spideyxsupgirl) October 26, 2019

The insults began to weigh on devilhs, who took note of the stream of insults and pointed out that “In the past day I got more sexist insults than I got in my entire life.”

In the past day I got more sexist insults than I got in my entire life.
I get that you may dislike the drawing a lot because it meddles with your favorite character and I respect that – but I feel like saying that all men are a disease is a bit much.

— devilhs (@mr_devilhs) October 25, 2019

Some people can be reasonable and say “eh, your drawing is garbage”. But a lot must take it as far as possible. Probably not even thinking how it is for Me getting more than hundred of these kind of messages non-stop for two days.
I feel like I need to take a break from socials. pic.twitter.com/M2eA6DPJoD

— devilhs (@mr_devilhs) October 25, 2019

However, devilhs was not without his supporters, as numerous fan artists began to show their support for devilhs and the freedom to draw sexualized fan art by creating an outpouring of new pieces featuring ‘sexy Rey’:

Saw @mr_devilhs version of Rey from the new Star Wars trilogy, and decided to sketch her. Don’t let the bastards grind you down, man! pic.twitter.com/L1tn1c02uE

— tansau (@tortoisesensei) October 27, 2019

I am a simple woman, I enter an emotional crisis and I just want to draw tits@ConoceArtistas @XP_Pen_Spain #StarWars #StarWarsTheRiseOfSkywalker #drawthisinyourstyle #draw #CLIPSTUDIO #ArtistOnTwitter pic.twitter.com/WCvKetIpQC

— Miss Society✨Nfsw Commissions Open✨ (@lady_honk_honk) October 28, 2019

A pencil sketch I worked on last night in homage to @mr_devilhs and his drawing of Rey. #illustration #sketch #rey #StarWars #TheRiseOfSkywalker #StarWarsTheRiseOfSkywalker #EpisodeIX pic.twitter.com/kIZST16yn4

— Jonpa_draws (@jonpa_draws) October 27, 2019

I love @mr_devilhs ‘s Drawing of Rey, so i make my own to support him. #Rey #StarWars #drawing #digitaldrawing #illustration pic.twitter.com/a91yg649fH

— Tinboryte Commission Open (@Tinboryte) October 27, 2019

The Rise of Skyknockers
Inspired by @mr_devilhs’s fanart.#StarWarsTheRiseOfSkywalker #StarWars #Rey #Animation pic.twitter.com/LT2HAX8xd4

— Drawsputin🔞 (@drawsputin) October 28, 2019

@mr_devilhs got me wanting to do a bit of a Rey redesign. #StarWarsfanart #artistsontwitter #StarWarsTheRiseOfSkywalker pic.twitter.com/nkp8nNeZZu

— Image incorporated (@Image170) October 30, 2019

Ultimately, devilhs responded directly to his critics by producing another piece of artwork, equally as risqué, this time featuring busty Rey as a Sith: